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1 AUXILIARY SAW HANDLE. No. 287,790. Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS c. ATKINS, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIAN-A.

AUXILIARY SAW-HANDLE.

' SPECIFICATION forming- My invention relates to an auxiliary'saw I handle adapted to be applied at will to-that class of erosscutsaw handles which consist,

essentially, of a cylindrical bar secured tothe end of the'saw by a bolt engaging the sawplate, and passing diametrically through the saidbar, and having a nut screwed thereon and againstthe bar. I

The object of my improvement is to provide a loop-shaped handletsimilar to the handle of an ordinary hand-saw, which may be secured easily and quickly upon the usual crosscut saw handle of the above-mentioned class at a point opposite the .end of the saw, for the purpose of enabling the user to control the'moveto engage the hole usually found near the end ments of the saw more perfectly.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my J invention.

Figure l'is a side elevation of a saw with the ordinary handle and my auxiliary handle attached. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the auxiliary handle.

. It represents the ordinary handle; b,'a support for'the end of the saw; 0, a bolt adapted of a saw plate; d, a nut screwed on bolt 0'.

e is my auxiliaryhandle. Said handle has one side, f, fitted to the contourof the ordinary handle, a, and is provided with a hole, 9, therein, to receive the end of bolt 0,

In working a. crosscut-saw it is desirable for some purposes to have a firm'grip with one hand directly opposite the end of the saw,

while the other hand grasps the ordinary hanbott & Moss, December 25, 1877.

purpose specified.

part of'Letters PatentNo. 287,790, dated November e, 1883. Application filed July 18, 1883. (No model.)

dle above the saw; but for other purposes the handle opposite the end of the saw is in the V Way, and is inconvenient.

I am aware that saw-handles have before been made in which the ordinary cylindrical bar and a loop-shaped handle were formed in one piece, as in the device patented by Ab} I A patent was also granted to me August 26, 1879, for a loop-shaped handle combined, in a peculiar manner,'with a cylindrical handle and a fastening for the saw particularly adapted to re ceive said loop-shaped handle; but my present auxiliary'handle differs from either of the above-mentioned patented devices in that it is adapted'to be separately manufactured and sold, to be used at will with any saw-handle'of the class first mentioned in this specification, it being secured in place on the ordinary handle by simply passing the bolt 0 through the hole 9 and screwing on nut d, and is as easily removed when its use is not required.

I therefore claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, an auxiliary handle, loop shaped and having one side adapted to fit against an ordinary crosscutsaw handle, and having a hole in said side adapted to. receive a bolt, 'all substantially as specified. v 2. The combination, with an ordinary crosscut-saw handle, a bolt passingthrough said handle, and a nut for the purpose of securing handle adapted to be secured to said handle by said bolt and nut, substantially as and for the v -ELIAS c. ATKINS.

Witnessesz' i H. P. HOOD, E. E. SIOKLER. 

